Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Joshwest1

User:Joshwest1

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

—TreasuryTag —t —c 12:49, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Report submission by

Clear sock in terms of articles edited, material contributed and, of course, username.
 * Evidence

I noticed this issue where it was originally posted at WP:AIV, and thought I'd come here to comment. Looking at the contribs, it appears obvious that they're the same user. However, it doesn't appear to be malicious. The Johnwest1 account stopped editing on 20 March, and Johnwest5 started on 30 March. What seems likely to me is that the user probably forgot his/her password, and created a new account. The edits don't appear to be disruptive in any way. In any case, these accounts don't appear to be breaking policy; they're not backing eachother up in a dispute, not being disruptive, nor are they being used to circumvent a block. Let's hear what Johnwest1/5 has to say for him/herself. Parsecboy (talk) 13:02, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments

(saw it on ANI) I have the same problem on cawiki with Enric_Naval and and Enric_naval (capital N), notice how I accidentally make edits on 24 January 2008 on the same pages as my "main" account, supporting its statements (I just noticed it, and I guess that nobody noticed either). I'm interesed personally on the resolution of this case :) --Enric Naval (talk) 13:18, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

There's no sockpuppetry - it is clearly the same user, just with two different accounts. As the accounts don't overlap, there's no breach of any policy (as far as I can see) - no block evasion, goodhand / badhanding, and the like. I'm marking this as closed and archiving accordingly - I've been trying to get the backlog on this page down all week, so don't see any merit in leaving this one around any longer. GBT/C 13:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)